21st November 2025
Stockport deserves leaders who face scrutiny with honesty. What we have instead is a Council Leader, Mark Roberts, who, when challenged, chooses to shout down residents rather than address the serious concerns placed before him.
I have released every piece of evidence in my possession regarding the behaviour and culture within his political group. I have been fully transparent because I believe the public deserves nothing less.
And how has the Leader responded?
Not with facts.
Not with explanations.
Not with accountability.
Instead, he has resorted to personal attacks. In one public incident on 1st November 2025, he erupted into a furious outburst, screaming at me and labelling me “toxic.” This was not the conduct of a calm, responsible public figure. It was the behaviour of someone who cannot cope with legitimate scrutiny — someone more interested in silencing criticism than engaging with it.
Despite weeks of asking, he has provided zero evidence for any accusation against me. Nothing. Not a single document, detail, or explanation.
That alone speaks volumes.
If an ordinary resident behaved like this, it would be called what it is: unacceptable. Coming from the Leader of Stockport Council, it is even worse. It signals an attitude that the public should sit down, shut up, and stop asking uncomfortable questions.
That is not democracy. That is not transparency. And it is certainly not leadership.
Residents must ask themselves a simple question:
Do we want someone at the top who shouts down criticism because he cannot answer it?
Stockport deserves a leader who respects the public, answers concerns with evidence, and behaves with dignity — not someone who lashes out in public and refuses to justify his own claims.
In my opinion, no one exhibiting such conduct has earned the trust or the vote of the people they claim to represent.
